(That's encouraging that he is human enough to be like anybody.  And, incidentally, he's one of my favorite characters in this book. * grins at Faith *)
Miss Elizabeth wrote: How do you pronounce your name? Most people call me only 'Mishi', and say it 'Mee-shee'. The last piece of the word is said 'nuhg'. I answer to many ways of saying it, however, as the different peoples often pronounce it as is easiest for them.
Miss Elizabeth wrote: What do you do for a living? I sit still very well and hard.
No, that is only what the soldiers say when they are bored in the barracks. * laughs quietly * Sometimes, since there is not active war yet, there is little for the men in the soldieries to do. Our captain sends us as guards for political persons when there is danger of disturbance sometimes, and sometimes we receive labor when a large work is happening.
And sometimes, we fight.
Lady Elanor wrote: Do you not want to ask your Sweetheart to marry you if you aren't successful, or is it because you won't be able to afford marriage if you don't succeed? * tosses head slightly and thinks * If I do not show myself good, I can't marry her. How could I? It would not be possible anymore. I do not understand your question entirely. * pauses *
But one of the reasons I am waiting is because I do not have the money to begin a household, if that is a part of what you are asking me. Soldiering is not a rich occupation. It is all I have done, however.
Lady Elanor wrote: Do you have a family? How close are you to them? I do, yes. They are in O-ar. I have not seen them since I left; the husband of my sister is the only one who moves about at all, and he has been dealing down by the lake, with the New Men. I love my family, and they have always been affectionate.
Lady Elanor wrote: How old are you? I am thirty-five.
Lady Elanor wrote: Does being afraid affect your ability to be a soldier? How good are you at your job, and does your fear interfere with your work/promotion up the ranks? * does not answer for a bit * I am not certain what you are talking about. I – am not – what are you saying that I am afraid of? I do my duty. * looks a little roused and also a little pained *
I am doing well enough. My officers know me and know they can use me whenever necessary. That is the beginning of success.
Blayne B. Trent wrote: What's your rank? I am still only a common soldier. My old captain had begun plans of giving me officer duties, before the soldiery was disarranged and I was placed in an unfamiliar command. The captain put over me did not know anything about me, and I have had to begin over again. But there is not much opportunity for showing your skills when there is only a threat of war. Gaining trust again is slow. * apologetic *
Blayne B. Trent wrote: What's your preferred weapon? A gun. The Eecil burners are too unwieldy and complicated, and they are the only other long range weapon common here. Other than arrows. Those are a bit too foreign, I never tried learning the craft.
I have been unable to use a gun for some time, though, as they are more expensive than burners and many other weapons. I had one from my father, but it was stolen shortly after the skirmish with the pirates near Dun del. Now I prefer, in absence of a shooter, the sickle-tipped stave. It gives a wide range of protection.
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Mishinug will answer them himself.
